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04-23-13 | 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by squirtdad

I read some place (and darned if I can remember where) that there are heat dissipation issues with disc breaks on road bikes and long, fast down hills and this is limiting adoption for road bikes.

I think it was BikeRumor. Guy had a CX bike and he tested it down a significant steep road. Cooked the brakes and he ended up in the ditch with busted ribs.

Found it - http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/02/14/...ill-they-work/

Lightweight discs not really suited to the job?

But he felt no brake fade with the new SRAM set up...

http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/04/15/...s-first-rides/

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